Brake shoe



Oct. 21 1924.

W. H. SAYRE BRAKE SHOE' 1 Filed March 17, 2 sheets-sheet 1 INVENToR.

1 ATTORNEY.

Oct. 21 1924,y

W,y H. SVAYREV. u I

BRAKE SHOE AFilm1 March `17. 1920 2 Sliema-sneer '2 f ATTORNEY.v

Patented Oct. 21, 1924.

UNITED STATES LIAH INI.k BEARD, AND ELIZABETH WILLIAM H. SAYRE, DECEASED, ASSIGNORS TO AMERICAN ABRASIVE METALS COMPANY, A CORPORATION F NEW 'YOR v 1 BRAKE SHOE.

' Application mea March 17, 192,0. 'serialv No. 366,546.

State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Brake Shoes, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadtherein to the accompanying drawings.

10. Thls invention relates to brake shoes designed for applying braking pressure to wheels, and has reference more particularly to brake shoes used in connection `with anged wheels such as are employed on railways, the invention consisting in certain improvements in that type of vbrake shoes which are provided with relatively hard trimming elements designed, as an incident to the braking action of the shoe, to automatically trim or wear down the periphery gf the wheel and preserve its true circular orm.

lOn account of the'wear which takes place in practiceon a car wheel at different points, sometimes on the `flange, sometimes at the center of the tread, and at other times at the end portion of the tread, according to the different conditions and circumstances of use, the brake shoe has been provided` with trimming elements at correspondingly different points for the purpose of preserving the true circular form and contour off-the wheel, to the end that the wheel will travel in the proper manner on the track and the 3 with the edge of the rail head, the switch rails and switch points. In this connection the preservation ofthe transverse contour of the ange is a very important Sand vital consideration, for if the ange of the wheel is changed in contour, for instance flattened in the action of the trimming element thereon, the wheel is liable to leave the track, more particularly when passing over switches, with conse uent danger of wrecks and destluction of 1i e and property.

My invention aims to avoidA this liability, and the invention consists primarily in providing the brake Shoe with a trimming element composed of a material :which will not be impaired or dissipated by the heat of the molten metal in the casting operation of the shoe, the said element being embedded in the Vpositioned in the brake shoe and the rim or flange will cooperate in the proper manner` shoe in the casting operation in position to act on theuange of the wheel, and having 1ts active or trimming surface conformed substantially to the transverse contour of,

said flange, so that in the operation of the shoe in brakingy the wheel, the ange of thev latter will be trimmed down by the trimmingpelement and its original and proper contour preserved.

.The invention consists wlth a trimming element an additional trimmin either conformingto t e transversecontour of the wheel flange, or in non-conforming relation thereto, and in position to yact on the flange and cooperatevwith the first mentioned element. f f v The invention further consists in combinmgj witha trimming element rconformed to the transverse contour an additional4 trimming also in v`combining of this` character,

shoe to act on vthe tread of the wheel.

The invention consists also in an improved method of casting to embed they trimming element in the'cast product. -Y

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. `1 is a cross section through4 a brake n tire of a anged wheel, the said brake shoe havin my invention em` bodied therein in4 its pre erred form.

Flg. 2 is a face view of thebrake shoe showing one arrangement of ther trimming elements. n

Fig.3 is a similar `view showing arrangement of the trimming elements.

Fig. 4 is a similar view showing still another arrangement.

element or elements,y

PATENT oFFlcE. f

'WILLIAM H. SAYBE, OF GLEN' RIDGE, NEW JERSEY; WILLIAM HEYSHAM SAYBE, TWIL- BARTHOLOMEW SAYRE, EXECUTORS OF SAID of the wheel flange, element orelementsy another i Fig. 5 is a cross section on `the linee-5 y of Fig. 4. 1 f

Fig. 6 is across section through a mold suitable for casting a :brake shoe with a trimming element therein in accordance with my invention, this figure illustrating the improvedmethod vinvolved in the castingof y l 1 and 2 1 designates a rim or tire of a w eel having the usual cylindrical tread portion 2 and the ange 3 at l res one ledge, which flange is curved at its pe-f-rwill be trimmed down andiits circumferenripheral edge transversely or in the direction of the axis of the wheel as usual in car wheels. 4 designates a brake shoe composed of a cast metal body portion which is curved circumferentiall to follow the cornding curvature o the wheel rim and is ormed with ya flat' portion 5 to cooperate with the tread of the wheel, and with a flanged or offset portion 6 at one edge to cooperate with the iange of the wheel. 7 designates a flange trimming element which constitutes the main feature of my invention and which is applied to the inner side of the offset portion of the brake shoe and is formed with -agroove curved in the direction of the axis of the Wheel so as to conform to the corresponding contour of the wheel flange', which latter is received in the groove of the trimming element when the shoe is forced `against the wheel rim to apply braking preure thereto. This trim.- ming element ma be formed of various materials which wilinotbe destroyed or dissipated by rthe heat of the metal in casting the shoe, so that the element can be incorporated in the shoe in the casting operation of the latter, and will have an abrasive' or trimming action on the flange of the Wheel, thereby gradually trimming o-r wearing the same down in the braking action, such wear, due to the fact that the trimming surface ronforms to the transverse contour ofthe wheel flange, causing the latter to wear down evenly and uniformly at all ints and thereby preserving said contour.

or instance, the trimming element may be composed of emery, or carborundum, or alundum, or any other suitable or appropriate abrasive or vitrified material or composition suitably disposed and arranged so that it will 'be held firmly and xedly in the body of the shoe and will present a groove or depression which will receive the flange of .the wheel. I prefer however to construct the trimming element in the form of a local collection or -aggregation of hard mineral bodies 8 of lumpl form of substantial size, and of a material, such as alundum, corundum, carborundum and the like, which will not be impaired or destroyed by the heat of the body metal in the casting operation. As shown in Fig. 1 these bodies ,are embeddedl in aggregate or massed form in the offset portion of the shoe, and are firmly held therein by the metal of the shoe -surrounding the massv as a whole and by the solidied metal distributed between the individual bodies. The exposed active trimming surface 9 of the element is curved inwardly so as to substantially conform to the transverse contour of the wheel liange 3, whereby as the trimming operation progresses when the brake shoe is forced against the wheel to brake the same, the flange tial and transverse contour will be preserved.

A number of such trimming elements may be applied to the shoe and spaced apart in a circumferential direction as shown in Fig. 2; or the trimming element may be formed as a continuous structure 7* as shown in Fig. 3, and trimming elements 10 is similar in construction to the elements 7 may be applied to the flat portion 5 of the brake shoe to act on the end portion of the tread of the wheel to prevent the roWth or formation of ashoulder or proJecting portion at this point, when the `Wear on the wheel in practice takes place at the central portion of the tread; and these elements 10 may be either spaced apart circumferentially of the wheel as shown in Fig. 2 or they may be formed as a continuous structure 10 as shown in Fig. 3. As illustrated in Fig. 4 there may be combined with either the ele- 'ments 7 or 10 or bo-th, a number of trimming elements 11 in the. form each of a comparatively large lump of hard material such .as carbo-rundum, corundum, alundum and the like, embedded in the shoe in line with the other elements to aid in the trimmin action at corresponding points on the whee The incorporation or embedding ofA the trimming elements of the vform designated mold surface which is to shape the trim'- ming surface of the trimmmgelement. This container is composed of a material which willy become dissipated bythe heat of the molten 4metal of the castin and will lose itsidentity in the metal. referably the container is m-ade of thin metal.

In the example shown, the surface of the mold to which the container is applied is a.

curved surface 12a which is to shape that i portion of the brake shoe which acts on the liange kof the wheel, and the container to adapt it tothis surface, has its end Walls provided with curved recesses 13'L to conformto the curvature of the mold surface. The container is set in place on this surface of the mold and is pushed down lightlyk into the sand so that its lower edges will become slightly embedded and Will thus HoldV the container against. displacement when the molten metal is pouredl into the mold.k I

next assemble in the container, an ag egation of the hard mineral bodies 8 whlc will become distributed over the curved mold surface as shown in Fig. 6. The mold is now ready to receive the molten metal, which being poured in the mold, will fill the same, fuse and Adissipate the container 13 and will surround and fiow in between the bodies 8 which latter will be bound together and embedded in the cast as a local trimming element, whose exposed trimming surface will conform to that surface of the mold against which the bodies were assembled in the container. If the trimming element is to be applied to the fiat portion 5 of the shoe, the procedure above described would be the same, except that the curved recesses in the ends of the container would be omitted and the container would be applied to the mold in the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 6.

By the construction and formation of the trimming elements as above described, it may be applied to the shoe at comparatively small expense, will be durable in form, and will operate with uniformity and effectiveness in trimming the wheel and in preserving its true circular form and transverse contour. f

In the foregoing description and accompanying drawings I have set forth my invention in the particular detailed form which I prefer to adopt. It will be manifest however that these details may be variously changed, both as to their construction,

' and the method of procedure without departing from the limits of my invention; and further it will be understood that the invention is not limited to any particular form or construction of the parts except in so far as such limitations are specified in the claims.

What is claimed is:

l. In combination with a brake shoe composed of a metal body adapted for applying braking pressure to a flanged wheel, l'a relatively harder local flange-trimming element in said body having its trimming surface conformed to the transverse contour of the flange to preserve said contour as the trimming operation progresses, and an additional local trimming element in the form of a lump of material harder than the body and embedded thereinv in position to act on the flange in cooperation with the action of the first mentioned element.

3. In combination with a brake shoe composed of a metal body adapted for applying braking pressure to the flange and tread of a wheel, a relatively hard local trimming element in said body having its trimming surface conformed to the transverse contour of the wheel flange to embrace the sides of the same, and an additional local trimming element in the form of a lump of relatively hard material embedded in the body in position to act on the tread of the wheel, the

braking surface of the shoe being composed mainly of the metal of the shoe and in less degree of said trimming elements.

In testimony whereof, I have affixed my signature hereto.

WILLIAM I-I. SAYRE. 

